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National Competition 1

This programme is a part of the National Competition.
From 15 years of age.

Screened:
MON 20/10, 17:00 FYRIS
THUR 23/10, 17:00 REGINA

The New Policy Regarding Homeless Asylum Seekers

THE NEW POLICY REGARDING HOMELESS ASYLUM SEEKERS

Ireland’s 2024 asylum policy leaves new arrivals homeless, and bans them from using tents in public spaces. In Dublin, Olivia and a group of volunteers help asylum seekers find safe places to sleep. Both volunteers and asylum seekers face ongoing harassment from far-right groups and the police, exposing the growing hostility surrounding migration in Ireland.

Sweden 2025 / 14:28 / Director: Dennis Harvey / Producer: Elisabeth Marjanovic’ Cronvall

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THEIR HAIR SHINED IN THE SUN

A personal story of how a family is created, expanding into a larger collective history of silent migration. An essayistic documentary about how we got here, how it was and how it turned out.

Sweden 2024 / 10:18 / Director: Alva Qi Törnqvist

Interloper

INTERLOPER

An experimental stop-motion film that explores the fractured world of a young misfit navigating life in a post-fun society. From the confines of a public bathroom, she retreats into a dreamscape where playful imagery clashes with dystopian undertones.

Sweden 2025 / 8:48 / Director/ Producer: Sandra Fredin

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THE PENGUIN DAD

A father decides to lock himself and his daughter inside their apartment to avoid a virus spreading across the world.

Sweden 2025 / 14:40 / Director: Anna Brodin / Producer: Linus Andersson

One Day I Will Hug You (أحضان وقضبان)

ONE DAY I WILL HUG YOU

When a Palestinian father returns from Gaza, his daughter Mai struggles with the emotional distance shaped by his 20 years in Israeli prison.But through a collection of smuggled letters — and the conversations they spark they begin to bridge the gap between them.

Palestine, Sweden, Qatar 2025 / 17:30 / Director: Mohammed Al-Majdalawi / Producer: Manolo Diaz Rämö

Deck 5b (Däck 5b)

DECK 5B

Deck 5B is a guilt-inducing drama on a parking deck, following a mother’s struggle between responsibility, guilt and the desire to live life to the fullest. Expectations of a successful summer holiday collide with reality.

Sweden 2024 / 13:30 / Director: Malin Ingrid Johansson / Producer: Joel Rostmark, Adam Holmström Meinkings